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25th  Congress, 
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RESOLUTIONS 


OF   THE 


LEGISLATUllE  OF  MASSACHUSETTS, 

In  relation  to  the  northeastern  boundary. 


May  14,  1838. 

Laid  on  the  table,  and  ordered  to  be  printed. 


COMMONWEALTH  OF  MASSACHUSETTS. 

IN    THE    YEAR   ONE    THOUSAND    EIGHT    HUNDRED    AND    THIRTY-EIGHT. 

Resolves  concerning  the  northeastern  boundary. 

Resolved,  That  the  claim  of  Great  Britain  to  all  the  territory  in  the  State 
of  Maine  lying  north  of  Mars  Hill  and  the  tributary  waters  of  the  Penob- 
scot, is  totally  inconsistent  with  the  treaty  of  peace  of  seventeen  hundred 
and  eighiy-three,  and  will,  if  persisted  in,  inevitably  tend  to  disturb  the 
friendly  relations  now  subsisting  between  that  Government  and  the  Govern- 
ment of  the  United  States. 

Resolved,  That  no  power  delegated  by  the  constitution  to  the  Govern- 
ment of  the  United  States  authorizes  them  to  cede  to  a  foreign  nation  any 
territory  lying  within  the  limits  of  either  of  the  States  in  the  Union. 

Resolved,  Thtitthc  proposition  made  by  the  late  Executive  of  the  United 
States  to  the  British  Government  to  seek  for  "the  highlands"  west  of  the 
meridian  of  the  source  of  the  river  St.  Croix,  is  a  departure  from  the  ex- 
press language  of  the  treaty  of  peace,  an  infrmgement  of  the  rights  of  Mas- 
sachusetts and  Blaine,  and,  as  its  consummation  involves  a  cession  of  State 
territory,  is  in  derogation  of  the  constitution  of  the  United  States. 

Resolved,  Tliat  the  proposition  recently  made  by  the  i)resent  nationttl  Ex- 
ecutive to  the  Government  of  Maine,  to  substitute  a"  conventional  line"  for 
the  line  described  in  the  treaty,  is  calculated  to  strengthen  the  claim  of  Great 
Britain,  impair  the  honor  of  the  United  States,  and  put  in  jeopardy  the  inter- 
est of  Massachusetts  and  Maine. 

Resolved,  That  Congress  be  requested  to  cause  the  northeastern  section 
of  Maine  to  bo  speedily  explored,  and  the  boundary  line  described  in  the 
treaty  to  be  established. 

Resolved,  Tliat  his  excellency  the  Governor  be  requested  to  transmit  a 
copy  of  these  resolves  and  the  accompanying  report  to  the  Executive  of 
the  United  States,  and  of  the  several  States  j  and  also  to  each  of  our  Sena- 
Bluir  &  Kives,  printers. 


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tors  and  Representatives  in  Congress,  with  a  request  that  they  use  all  hon- 
orable means  to  bring  this  protracted  controversy  to  a  just  and  speedy  ter- 
mination. 1      •;   1Q    IQQQ 

House  of  Representatives,  April,  id,  loiss. 

^^^^^^'  ROBERT  C.  WINTHROP,  Speaker. 

In  Senate,  April,  14,  1838. 

MYRON  LAWRENCE,  President. 


Passed. 


Spring,  193S.    Approved:  EDWARD  EVERETT. 

A  true  copy — Attest :  ^  ,    ,^  ui 

John  P.  Bigelow,  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth. 


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